Canada is a 'safe harbour' for global finance, Carney says
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Canada's Mark Carney tells a story about Trump gifting him a key to the White House.
加拿大的马克*卡尼（Mark Carney）讲述了一个关于特朗普赠送他白宫钥匙的故事。
Prime Minister Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a "safe harbour" for some of the world's largest investors in an era of geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
总理马克*卡尼（Mark Carney）将加拿大作为地缘政治和经济不确定性时代世界上一些最大投资者的"安全港"。
Canada is "perfectly situated to build in the new global economic order", he told more than 100 major investors being courted by Ottawa on Tuesday.
加拿大"完全可以建立新的全球经济秩序"，他告诉超过100主要投资者渥太华周二被拉拢。
Carney has pledged to bring in C$1tn in investments in the next five years as he seeks to reduce Canada's reliance on the US, and the summit this week is a test of whether he can deliver on promises to strengthen economic resilience.
卡尼承诺在未来五年内将带来1万亿加元的投资，以减少加拿大对美国的依赖，本周的峰会是对他能否兑现加强经济韧性的承诺的考验。
His aim is to have the group, representing more than C$120tn ($86tn; £64tn) of assets, invest in sectors like defence, energy, mining, AI and infrastructure.
他的目标是让该集团投资国防、能源、矿业、人工智能和基础设施等行业，该集团拥有超过120万亿加元（86万亿美元；64万亿英镑）的资产。
More than 160 projects, from mines to data centres and pipelines, are on offer.
从矿山到数据中心和管道，有160多个项目在提供。
As its tariffs war with the US grows, Canada is seeking deeper economic partnerships with Europe, Asia and the Middle East and Carney has worked to raise its global profile.
随着与美国的关税战的加剧，加拿大正在寻求与欧洲，亚洲和中东建立更深层次的经济伙伴关系，卡尼一直致力于提高其全球形象。
Many of the business leaders attending the Toronto event received personal invitations from the prime minister, who worked in the top tiers of global finance and was a central banker before turning to politics.
许多出席多伦多活动的商界领袖都收到了总理的个人邀请，他曾在全球金融的高层工作，在转向政治之前是中央银行家。
"Our goal is simple: to make Canada the most attractive place in the G7 to invest," Carney said on Tuesday morning.
"我们的目标很简单：让加拿大成为G7中最具吸引力的投资地，"卡尼周二早上说。
As part of that move, Carney announced plans to privatise operations for four of the country's largest airports, saying it would raise billions of dollars that could be reinvested in transport infrastructure.
作为此举的一部分，卡尼宣布计划将该国最大的四个机场的运营私有化，并表示将筹集数十亿美元，可以再投资于运输基础设施。
Many developed countries allow some degree of private investment in airports, but Canada has lagged behind and its airports operate under a not-for-profit governance model.
许多发达国家允许对机场进行某种程度的私人投资，但加拿大落后，其机场在非营利性治理模式下运作。
The federal government will retain ownership of the underlying land and assets but allow private investments into airport operations, said Carney.
卡尼说，联邦政府将保留相关土地和资产的所有权，但允许私人投资机场运营。
Labour unions have criticised the proposal, saying it will be bad for both workers and passengers.
工会批评这项建议，称这对工人和乘客都不利。
Much of the action will take place in private sessions and bilateral meetings over the course of the day.
大部分行动将在一天中的非公开会议和双边会议上进行。
There will, however, be panels with speakers including Deutsche Bank AG CEO Christian Sewing, Bombardier executive Eric Martel, and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Blackstone president Jon Gray.
然而，将有演讲者参加小组讨论，包括德意志银行首席执行官Christian Sewing，庞巴迪高管埃里克马特尔，贝莱德首席执行官拉里芬克和黑石总裁乔恩格雷。
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卡尼赌世界上最大的投资者赌加拿大 随着与美国的贸易战加剧，卡尼眼睛与欧盟的"独特联盟" 总理办公室已经淡化了峰会任何重大公告的可能性，卡尼周末表示，财大气粗的金融家有机会"来'窥视我们的商店橱窗'"。
The event is also an opportunity for Canada to burnish its reputation as a good place to do business after years of lagging investment performance and a reputation for slow approvals of major projects.
这次活动也是一个机会，让加拿大在多年的投资表现落后和重大项目审批缓慢的声誉后，提高其作为做生意的好地方的声誉。
"Time kills all deals," Carney conceded during morning remarks.
"时间杀死了所有的交易，"卡尼在早上的讲话中承认。
Economic analysts say Canada needs to make significant policy changes to help attract investment, including more competitive tax and regulatory systems, and ensuring a supply of skilled labour.
经济分析人士说，加拿大需要做出重大的政策改变，以帮助吸引投资，包括更具竞争力的税收和监管制度，并确保熟练劳动力的供应。
Protestors on Monday accused the Carney government of selling off the country Trade talks between Ottawa and Washington collapsed last month and the two countries have since imposed tit-for-tat tariffs.
抗议者周一指责卡尼政府出售该国 渥太华和华盛顿之间的贸易谈判上个月崩溃，两国此后征收针锋相对的关税。
On Tuesday, new US tariffs came into effect on a number of Canadian goods while some others were lifted, and bans on goods like alcohol and motorcycles are due to come into force next week.
周二，美国新的关税对一些加拿大商品生效，而其他一些商品则被取消，对酒精和摩托车等商品的禁令将于下周生效。
Carney addressed the American executives in Toronto directly.
卡尼直接在多伦多向美国高管发表讲话。
"To our American friends, let me say this.
"对于我们的美国朋友，让我这样说。
We will always be neighbours, and Canada will continue to be the US's most important partner in many key areas," he said.
我们将永远是邻国，加拿大将继续成为美国在许多关键领域最重要的合作伙伴，"他说。
"After all, even at times of disagreement during our long history, we have always maintained deep ties."
"毕竟，即使在我们漫长的历史中出现分歧的时候，我们也一直保持着深厚的联系。"
Meanwhile, protestors on Monday accused the Carney government of organising a "great Canadian sell-off" of public resources and infrastructure to corporate interests, and hundreds appeared outside the opening night gala at a downtown museum. "Half the buyers that he has invited here to Toronto are American," said Kai Nagata, with advocacy group Dogwood, on Monday.
与此同时，抗议者周一指责卡尼政府组织了公共资源和基础设施对企业利益的"巨大的加拿大抛售"，数百人出现在市中心博物馆的开幕之夜晚会外。 "他邀请到多伦多的买家中有一半是美国人，"倡导组织Dogwood的Kai Nagata周一表示。
"Let's be clear, every piece of our country that we sell off to American billionaires brings us closer to becoming the 51st state."
"让我们清楚一点，我们向美国亿万富翁出售的每一块我们国家的东西都使我们更接近成为第51个州。"
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